2c Red, Ty. I, Coil (449). Joint line pair, bottom stamp barely hinged, radiant color, unusually choice centering

EXTREMELY FINE. A GORGEOUS ORIGINAL-GUM JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1915 2-CENT TYPE I VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 449. RARE WITH SUCH CHOICE CENTERING.

The 2c Type I rotary plate was used very briefly to make vertical coils issued in late 1915. It was briefly used because the Type I plate was not very deeply engraved and the curvature of the rotary press yielded impressions lacking in some of the details. The Bureau noticed this immediately, and quickly replaced it with the Type III plate (according to Scott, the EDU for No. 449 is Oct. 29, 1915, and the EDU for Type III is Dec. 10, 1915). The joint line pair offered here, with choice centering and color, is a major rarity. Only a handful exist in such condition.

With 1985 P.F. certificate.

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